ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,388,279, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Circuit for discharging an energy store of a drive system" was invented by Huan Fu (Rastatt, Germany), Jurgen Tipper (Gernsbach, Germany) and Vincent Leonhardt (Haguenau, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A circuit for discharging an energy store of a drive system includes a power electronics unit in an on-board electrical system and a single-phase DC/DC converter connected upstream of the drive system. The converter includes a first capacitor, a coil connected downstream of the first capacitor, a first switch, a second switch ...